Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Ellen McIlwaine Nothing Left to be Desired Everybody Needs It
Zambonis* Cool Shots (Theme Song) To Bleed Black and Gold
Alpha Centauri Make it at Rock 'n' Roll ST
Matt Lucas* Massage Parlour Blues Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine All to You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Presque Isle Eighth Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Just a Few Words I'm a Song
Sidewinders A Voyage Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ellen McIlwaine Steal Him Away Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine Billy Gene Fear Itself
Aarons And Ackley* Bonnie Blue You And I
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune We the People
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold (demo) To Bleed Black and Gold
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Halya Несе Галя Воду Ukrainian Pops
Buddy Knox I'm In Love With You ST
Jack Holland Waco The Eyes of a Dreamer
Cal* Bostic Let Me Love You Introducing...
Jonathan Edwards Blow On Chilly Wind Sailboat
Cal* Bostic Let It Be Me Introducing...
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Twins War War War
Matt Lucas* Herpes Blues Matt Gets Blue
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Cossack Beyond the Danube Ukrainian Pops
Ernie* Smith Show Me a Sign To Behold Jah
Buddy Knox That's Why I Cry ST (mono)
Happy Dolls Sweet Gypsy Rose Show Album No. 1
David Amram Summer Nights, Winter Rain Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Can't Eat Shirley Lewis Show Band
Ellen McIlwaine Don't You Have any Love in Your Heart? Ellen McIlwaine
Ursa Major* In My Darkest Hour ST
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Theme from Canada Love Serenade
Ursa Major* Sinner ST
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways About It (It's Love) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Respect You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Buddy Knox I Ain't Sharin' Sharon ST (mono)
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Honky Tonk Angel
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Matt Lucas* Men's Liberation Matt Gets Blue
Aarons And Ackley* Willie Boy ST
Ellen McIlwaine The Last Good Man in My Life Ellen McIlwaine
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* O Moon Do Not Shine Ukrainian Pops
Aarons And Ackley* Truly You And I
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Two Little Oaks On a Mountain Ukrainian Pops
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) (There's a Lot of Different Kind of) People in the World Love Serenade
Jonathan Edwards Girl from the Canyon Sailboat
Priscilla* Rollins Sad Movies Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Reapers Harvest Ukrainian Pops
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Love Serenade Love Serenade
Alpha Centauri Love Only You ST
Jack Holland Sylvia The Eyes of a Dreamer
Tommy Makem Vancouver Vancouver b/w Better Times
Dave Gordon & Kay* I Love That Hockey Team I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* You Belong to Me You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Like Some One In Love And I Love Her
Joe* Glazer We are Building a New Party A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* I Loved a Widow Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Buddy Knox Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep ST
Ellen McIlwaine All to You We the People
Aarons And Ackley* Lay Me Down ST
Priscilla* Rollins Let the Good Times Roll Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Doc Holiday* Canadian State of Mind Canadian State of Mind b/w Canadian State of Mind
Ellen McIlwaine Say a Single Word Everybody Needs It
The Revelaires* She Wears My Ring You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring
Mike* Ferro Bridges Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* You're My Honey I'm a Song
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Livin' the Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Alpha Centauri Earth in Motion ST
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm a Song I'm a Song
Matt Lucas* Drunkard's Dream Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine Danger Zone Everybody Needs It
Tony McManus Donal Og - The Lea Rig The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Ellen McIlwaine The Letter Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine Love and Devotion Ellen McIlwaine
Albert Jones* Hussle Disco The Facts of Life
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Unleash the Horses Boys Ukrainian Pops
Albert Jones* That's the Way You Lost My Love The Facts of Life
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Kolomayka Ukrainian Pops
Buddy Knox Long Lonely Nights ST (mono)
David Amram The Mountain Song Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Aarons And Ackley* There Is A Lady ST
Oscar* McLollie She's a Child Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Ernie* Smith Don't Down Me Now To Behold Jah
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Your Seduced Me Ти Ж Мене Підманула Ukrainian Pops
Exponians Wicked Woman Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Nelson* Riddle Victoria British Columbia Suite
Happy Dolls Misty Blue Show Album No. 1
Jack Holland I'll Pick Her Up The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Low Skareggae
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Green Rye Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Lover's Lane Ellen McIlwaine
Oscar* McLollie Help Me Make It Through the Night ST
Ellen McIlwaine Come Sit Down and Tell Me Everybody Needs It
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Hopak Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ursa Major* Lay Me Down ST
Buddy Knox Don't Make Me Cry ST
Bluebird* Country Boy Blues Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost
Oscar* McLollie Like to Live the Love ST
Zambonis* Haunted Hockey Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine In My Time of Dying Fear Itself

Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* - Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

Kyiv, 🇺🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

The Revelaires (3)

The Revelaires (2)

The Revelaires

The Revelaires You're So Wrong (1)

The Revelaires Great Pre (1)

Matt Gets Blue

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

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